Ars Electronica Festival · 2026

Repeat as necessary: Performance Operating System (2026)

by Operator

🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 2026

In 2026, the Prix Ars Electronica jury recognised “Repeat as necessary: Performance Operating System (2026)” by Operator (Digital Humanity) with a Honorary Mention.

The body is technology. The most ancient, the most democratic, the most universally shared. Performance art has long carried a structural problem. Every preservation model leans on something outside the work: a foundation that outlives the artist, a body that remembers, a certificate in custody, a chain that breaks…

— Prix Ars Electronica Archive

About Operator

Operator (US) , (est. 2016), is the artist duo of Ania Catherine, a choreographer and performance artist, and Dejha Ti, a multimedia artist and technologist.

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